a shotgun wedding

(British, American & Australian old-fashioned) also a shotgun marriage (American old-fashioned)

a marriage that is arranged very quickly because the woman is going to have a baby After a shotgun wedding at 20, she had 3 children before divorcing from her husband.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nicholson	['nikəlsn]
Febe	FE-be (Italian)	Dutch, Spanish, Italian
TÚ	-	Vietnamese
Kristi	KRIS-tee	English
Emel	-	Turkish
CairistÌOna	-	Scottish